Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont and a Democratic Presidential candidate in 2016, has risen to extreme popularity very quickly despite losing the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton.
Sanders has also risen in popularity around the country, and according to a recent poll, is the most popular.
Yet, this is not a sign that he has quality ideas, more that Americans do not understand the results his ideas will have.
His never-ending push for a single-payer healthcare system, and support from citizens, shows a dangerous disregard for facts.
The United States is a country like no other; its variables and numbers do not compare to many major nations. Despite this, Sanders often points to other universal healthcare systems as to why we should implement a national, single-payer system.
Yet, this Forbes article delves into how European countries that Bernie often points to, generally have a different set up than what he is trying to implement.
Never mind what Europe does, single-payer systems have already been tried in the United States, and it has failed miserably.
Sanders' home state of Vermont recently implemented single-payer healthcare at a state level, a dream come true for the senator. Yet, in a small state, Vermont had to end its experiment due to skyrocketing costs.
In California, a single-payer bill was pushed through but shut down by Anthony Rendon because of how incomplete he felt the bill was.
When pressed by CNN's Jake Tapper on the issue of Vermont's failure, Senator Sanders had no adequate response as to how a national single-payer system could actually succeed.
Single-Payer healthcare is not the only problem with Bernie, the hikes in the minimum wage he is pushing for, along with the national healthcare plan, resemble that of socialists that rose to prominence.
No, Bernie Sanders is not a socialist dictator, but his ideas mirror that of what happened to Venezuela. A rich nation with a popular leader that promised to end income-inequality and continually raises the minimum wage, and a nationalized healthcare system.
Venezuela is now in shambles, shelves are empty and the Venezuelan Bolívar is now worth less than a World of Warcraft token.
Among other campaign promises, Bernie wants to fight the 1 percent in America, and he has always made it clear during his campaign that he hates rich people.
Yet, Bernie's socialist propaganda and capitalism propelled him to the top of the economic totem pole, right up there with the people of Wall Street he consistently yells at.
His hypocrisy, and promise to make more people free while super-sizing the United States government shows ignorance, and his emotional appeals are how people fall for it.
His popularity stems from appealing to the emotions of people, ignoring any sort of facts or evidence for his claims.
Sanders often appeals to the idea that nobody "should" have to pay for things like healthcare, childcare, and education. Yet, the government declaring these services a right does not make the product naturally appear.
His constant idea that the government needs to increase control and create tons and tons of safety nets so people can feel better appeals to the masses like no other ideology.
Bernie supporters are drawn to the idea of "free", and a flawed idea of utopia that can never, and will never, work. The idea that an overarching entity will take care of everyone no matter what is appealing, and having government safety nets such as welfare and food stamps is not wrong.
However, this idea of constant government reliance never really works. The war on poverty has been a failure, since its inception, the poverty rates have not healed.
Many of his ideas have already been tried, and his promises have been run on in other countries. The promises he makes cannot be fulfilled, especially not in a country like the United States.
